I was an independent contractor; "Free Lance" is another word for it. So it is by direct knowledge that I challenge your use of the word most.
I worked at almost 20 different agencies, and the vast majority were competent, hard-working, friendly folks.
The more-than-a few "bad apples" were usually protected by someone else; like a politician, friend, lover or even bribes. Just my observations over seventeen years.
Those government “workers” who do “work hard” aren’t doing anyone any favors. What they “produce” is usually caustic to civil society.
I’m not going to debate you on the subject, if you did technical writing then you were working with people with brains.
They also had a work product that could be evaluated and quantified.
Not the case with most of what I have seen.
I see people collecting checks they don’t deserve participating in basically a federally funded jobs program that would be out of business in a few months in the private sector.
To add insult to injury, good luck getting on the gravy train if you are the wrong skin color, not related by kin, or not a homosexual.
Hard working but produce nothing? Government bureaucrats?
Begs the question; Then why in tarnation is government so inept, wasteful, corrupt, bloated, redundant and deceptive?
Don’t respond to me in PM. Do it right here on the open forum.